The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-15
Some New BillS

The members of the Legislature have
introduced 80 many bills that "a synopsis
of some of them may be interesting.
House Bill No. 6, by Mr.. Tippin, inn
poses the fine of 800 or imprisonment
for thirty days for the concealment or
destruction of the body of any stock
killed by locomotive, car or other vehicle
on any railroad.
House Bill No. provides that on the
application of one-fourth of the registered
voters of any county, the county com
missioners thereof shall call an election
for the purpose of determining whether
Intoxicating liquors shall be sold in that
county, and imposes a fine of one hun
dred dollars for refusal to call such cleo
ton.
The substitute for Senate Bill No. IA
gives, in addition to the grounds for di-
vorce already provided, the imprison-
ment of either husband or wife in any
penitentiary for an infamous offense.
''PrOCided. That no suit for a divorce
against any person who has been SO con-
victed, sentenced or imprisoned shall he
permitted, instituted or maintained I'm
any court IN this State until the expira-
ton of the term or period of time for
winch such person was sentenced: Atai
prOcided further, That no such suit shall
be maintainable in any court i'm this
State by reason of such conviction. SEN
tence and imprisonment, against any
person whose offense has been pardonesl
or sentence committed by competent au-
| thority vested with the power to grant
tence."
House Bill No. 10, offered by Mr.. Hind.
of Putnam, declares that every manu-
facturer or importer of fertilizer before
Offering 1T for sale must procure a license
from the Commissioner of Agriculture
For this license he shall pay one hundred
dollars annually, and must file the name
and composition of his fertilizer. Pro
vi,led. that any fertilizer offered for les,
than twelve dollars per ton shall b..
exempt from the provisions of this act.
Every package of fertilizer offered for
sale shall bear plainly the name of the
manufacturer, net weight of contents,
and the analysis. Breach of these
provisions is a misdemeanor, punishab1s
by fine of not less than fifty nor more
than two hundred dollars for the first
offense, nor less than two hundred nor
more than five hundred dollars for the
second offense-one-half to- be for the
use of the complainant and the remain
der for the county in which the convic-
ton is secured. The Commissioner of
antbnri1.sJ e., ,,.Ea
animation of all packages, and the Pro
fessor of Chemistry at the Florida Agri-
cultural College is constituted the State
Chemist to make analyses for the Com
missioner.
House Bill No. 81, by Mr.. Duncan of
Sumter, infiicts fine of not more than
one thousand dollars for the sale of in
toxicating liquor in a county which has
''gone dry" under the Constitution.
The resolution offered by Mr. Mann of
fernando, reads thus:
Resolved. That a committee of five be
appointed by the President with all the
powers conferred upon the former COM
mittee; said committee shall contain all
the members of the former committee
that are present members of the Senate:
that said committee may. if they deem
it expedient and proper. in order TO pro
tect the interests of the people of Florida.
present n bill for the consideration of the
Legislature; said committee are esps-
cially requested to fully investigate and
report the amount of lands conveyed by
the State to the various railroad compa-
Ilies, and the amount still claimed by the
various roads in this State against the
Internal Improvement Fund, as well as
the ability of said Fund to hquiiate said
claims